Integrated Habit Tracker

When inputting a task, there is an option to make it a habit. If checked, the person will need to choose a recurring schedule. The task/habit will appear with a number next to it (next to or where the recurring symbol usually is). The number will indicate the current streak (how many consecutive times it has been completed).

There will also be a button at the bottom, maybe between “schedule” and “settings”, for “habits”. This will take you to a list of just the habits, where you can edit, add, click on individual habits to see more data, etc.

Apple Calendar shows calendar events and reminders, Google Calendar shows events and reminders (“tasks”), Readle Calendars does the same— but the only app, I’ve come across, that shows events, tasks, AND habits, all on the calendar, is TickTick.

You can put a habit into your calendar on TickTick, just as if it were an event. And you can go to a separate page for all your habits.

This removes the need for a separate app for habit tracking.

However, in my opinion, one place where TickTick falls slightly short, is that every habit appears on the calendar the exact same size. It takes up a 30 minute space I think (or 15)— I can’t remember exactly and haven’t paid to use their calendar it in a while, but they’re all the same size.

So, if I want to create and track the habit “Daily Writing”, and I want to do it for one or two hours, consistently, regardless it will only show as a 30 minute block on my calendar. Just like in Apple and Google calendars, how you’re unable to “stretch” a reminder to fill more space—if you know it’s going to take 2 hours, it only lets the reminder take up the size of a 30 minute slot.

It is more helpful visually, to be able to show on the calendar how long the habit takes, exactly, without needing to make it into a regular event, so that the data of how often it’s completed can still be tracked.